Financial Survey: Agent Information Software (AIFS) versus Its Rivals

Agent Information Software (OTCMKTS:AIFS) is one of 136 public companies in the “Data processing & preparation” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Agent Information Software to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.8% of Agent Information Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are owned by institutional investors. 19.7% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Agent Information Software pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Agent Information Software pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Data processing & preparation” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.4% and pay out 36.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Agent Information Software and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agent Information Software	0	0	0	0	N/A
Agent Information Software Competitors	761	4001	5410	117	2.47

As a group, “Data processing & preparation” companies have a potential upside of 15.76%. Given Agent Information Software’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Agent Information Software has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Risk & Volatility

Agent Information Software has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agent Information Software’s competitors have a beta of 1.14, indicating that their average share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Agent Information Software and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Agent Information Software	$5.41 million	$200,000.00	26.01
Agent Information Software Competitors	$1.18 billion	$9.43 million	-7.26

Agent Information Software’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Agent Information Software. Agent Information Software is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Agent Information Software and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agent Information Software	4.65%	N/A	N/A
Agent Information Software Competitors	-143.31%	-2,004.76%	-8.70%

Summary

Agent Information Software competitors beat Agent Information Software on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

Agent Information Software Company Profile

Agent Information Software, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides software products and services used to create, manage, publish, and access information content via Internet or Web. It offers its software products and services to customers in the library community in the United States and Canada. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga, California.